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I did it! A Marlin 1894 Century Limited headed my way.

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Tuolumne Lawman:
Shooting it is an absolute joy!  SO slick and smooth, points naturally, and easily busts clay pigeons on the 25 yard berm, with every shot, shooting off hand.  Prior to this, the most accurate lever gun I ever had was another Century Limited that I had in the late 1990s. It would shoot sub-2 MOA (the best group was a tad over 1.5" at 100 yards shooting about 9.0 grains of Unique IIRC). This one, I would guess, is just as accurate. 

I would say this one would easily compete with my HRA 011 1860 Henry in .44-40 as far as slickness and certainly accuracy.  I have a feeling, the Marlin will be my primary main match rifle now, paired with my Schofield and 1977 vintage Colt SAA. The Henry and my 1872 Open Tops will be in reserve....

Back then, I loaded some hot hunting loads for the 1894 ONLY using the 200 grain Speer .427 JSPs with 2400 that gave over 2,000 fps.  They did 2.5 MOA.  I painted the bases red with magic marker so they would not get sot in my other 44-40s.

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